Coconut caramel lemon body scrub

It’s funny how brand can seduce us so strongly. Because of ‘brand’ we choose products made with fragrances that don’t naturally exist, plastic microbeads that pollute our lakes and oceans, and preservatives that alter our body’s hormone production. Because of brand, we spend $50 on a ‘luxury’ scrub as a ‘treat’. Because of brand we believe we feel better, validated, comforted, giddy…

I too have bought many a time because of brand. I once worked in the luxury beauty industry pushing the most expensive lotions and potions available. When you have training in a cosmetics company, it’s extremely detailed. Detailed, that is, in the sense that you understand skin physiology at a deep level, and that you know every active ingredient that produces a result in every product across your brand. Training is full day, full week, exams and tests. There’s something missing in the training program though. Something important – about 2/3 of the ingredient list in fact. What are those ingredients? What do they do? Largely, they do things that don’t serve us, they serve the cream’s ability to stay ‘fresh’ and smell nice. Therein lie the toxins, the hormone disruptors, the harmful preservatives. Funny how these were never mentioned.

The funniest part is that the results of a home made scrub are better. The home made scrub is cheaper. The home made scrub doesn’t pollute oceans or our bodies. The home made scrub smells like you could eat it – because in fact, you COULD! My first scrub is already a couple of years old and has lots of delicious feedback, so feel free to check out my coffee body scrub if you fancy. It’s here.

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Hi Alex, love this recipe and am thinking of making it for a homemade hamper I’m putting together for a raffle for charity. Thought I’d put some instructions for use on the jar. Any recommendations for some simple instructions? Many thanks, and LOVE your work.